Order Amending the Food and Drug Regulations and the Controlled Substances Regulations (Spirobrorphine and Spirochlorphine): SOR/2026-72

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 160, Number 9

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SOR/2026-72 April 17, 2026

FOOD AND DRUG REGULATIONS
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS

The Minister of Health makes the annexed Order Amending the Food and Drug Regulations and the Controlled Substances Regulations (Spirobrorphine and Spirochlorphine) under

Ottawa, April 15, 2026

Marjorie Michel
Minister of Health

Order Amending the Food and Drug Regulations and the Controlled Substances Regulations (Spirobrorphine and Spirochlorphine)

Food and Drug Regulations

1 Part III of the schedule to Part J of the Food and Drug Regulations footnote b is amended by adding the following:
Item

Column 1

Substance

Column 2

Period

1 Spirobrorphine (8-[1-(4-bromophenyl)ethyl]-1-phenyl-1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-4-one) and its salts June 5, 2026 to September 30, 2026
2 Spirochlorphine (8-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]-1-phenyl-1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-4-one) and its salts June 5, 2026 to September 30, 2026

Controlled Substances Regulations

2 Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Controlled Substances Regulations footnote c is amended by adding the following:
Item

Column 1

Substance

Column 2

Period

1 Spirobrorphine (8-[1-(4-bromophenyl)ethyl]-1-phenyl-1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-4-one) and its salts October 1, 2026 to June 4, 2027
2 Spirochlorphine (8-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl]-1-phenyl-1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-4-one) and its salts October 1, 2026 to June 4, 2027

Coming into Force

3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Order comes into force on June 5, 2026.

(2) Section 2 comes into force on October 1, 2026.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears following SOR/2026-71, Order Amending Schedule V to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (R 29676, Spirobrorphine and Spirochlorphine).